Word: furiousness
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According to the February article, Gates in Paris was "furious" because a French couple mistook him for a taxi driver even though he "was standing in the lobby of [his] chic Latin Quarter hotel, in [his] handmade suit, Burberry coat and Paul Stewart scarf...." Gates was furious apparently because "[t]hose guys just weren't seeing...
...deregulated the airline industry in 1978. He has got more mixed grades for his work as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which established the federal guidelines that require judges in all parts of the country to hand down roughly equivalent sentences for comparable crimes. Many judges are furious over the guidelines, which they complain force them to issue sentences that do not take into account the differing circumstances of individual defendants. Because they mandate lengthy sentences for first-time drug offenders, the guidelines are also blamed for contributing to the huge growth of the American prison population...
...vote, the House passed legislation to ban the production and sale of 19 assault weapons after a furious lobbying effort by the bill's sponsors and President Clinton. Because the Senate passed a similar bill last November, the final wording of the legislation will be worked out by a House- Senate conference...
...movies -- it is virtually the only acceptable tone for American films seeking an adult audience -- film noir, if it's done at all, is usually accompanied by nostalgic winks and genial, reassuring cues of self- consciousness. Just kidding, folks, say the filmmakers. Red Rock West, in contrast, is all furious conviction. Its humor is sardonic; its ironies are conveyed by violence; and its view of human nature is bleak...
...worldwide embargo, more sweeping than the sanctions in force for the past six months, unless members of the junta in Port-au-Prince resigned or left the country within 15 days; the clock would start ticking the moment the resolution passed. "We're not alone in being frustrated, irritated, furious about what is going on in Haiti," said Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. The proposed sanctions would stop most trade and all travel to Haiti with the exception of regularly scheduled flights. In view of rising malnournishment and disease on the island, however, food and medicine shipments would...